Taliban Assassinate Top Afghan Government Spokesman, Take Control of Provincial Capital

Taliban Assassinate Top Afghan Government Spokesman, Take Control of Provincial Capital
Afghan security personnel arrives at the area where the director of Afghanistan's Government Information Media Center Dawa Khan Menapal was shot dead in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2021. Rahmat Gul/AP Photo
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Taliban terrorists ambushed the Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday and assassinated the director of a state media center while also taking control of a provincial capital in the province of Nimroz.

The murder of Dawa Khan Menapal, who handled the Afghanistan government’s interactions with local as well as foreign media, came as local officials announced the capital of Zaranj appeared to be the first provincial capital to fall to the terrorist group since the pullout of U.S. troop in February 2020.

Lorenz Duchamps
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